When I started this blog, a couple of my friends asked why I chose this name. Some of them said this was a ridiculous domain name too. I can see that from one perspective, “Have you met Steven” seems a bit self-advertised. But, when I decided to start blogging, the whole point was to jog down valuable thoughts I have, and it still is. Then after a while, I can meet my-old-self and see what changes I have made, are they positive or negative. Yup, it’s all about me, but if my current friends, or my yet-to-be-friends can know me better from reading this blog, then that’s a bonus.
There is a reason I write a blog entry about blogging. I recently got recruited by Southern’s Learning Support Center[a], to help the new JumpStart students get ready for college academically (and maybe other aspects), or in short, to be a tutor 
. Today, the outdoor education department hosted a rafting trip for them, and I’ve been dying to go on trips like this. In addition, it’s a good chance to get to know my students better, why not!?
In short, the trip was great (yes, it has to be bolded, it was that great). The boat I led went smoothly. We only got stuck twice, which was actually the best comparing to the other ones[b]. After the 3 hours of rafting and viewing the beauty of nature, we had fellowship time and some good food, thanks to the amazing staff from Southern’s First-Year Experience programme. During dinner, one of the students came up and asked if I were a freshman blogger. She told me that she wasn’t sure if she should come to Southern, but she decided to come after reading the blog[c]. At that point, I thought to myself “Man! I always know that one of the deans read my blog, and a couple friends did (for the first couple ones), but I never would have thought what I write actually helps the students make their decisions. Good thing I wrote things quite positively. And the PR department should give me a bonus too.” I was inspired.
Never thought just the little thing I did every Sunday night, or Monday morning, the thing I always procastinated and complained about would make such a big difference.
- For short, I refer to Southern Adventist University as Southern. [↩]
- The water dropped a couple inches. [↩]
- Apparently, the question was just to start the conversation. [↩]
